Biofilm and materials science. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hideyuki Kanematsu, Dana M. Barry, editors.
• Editors: Kanematsu, Hideyuki; Barry, Dana M
• Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Conditioning Films -- Movement of Bacteria toward Materials' SurfacesAdhesion of Bacteria -- Microstructures of Biofilm -- Detachment of Bacteria Genomics Approach -- General Biological Biofilm Observation and Evaluation -- Corrosion and Biofilm -- Cooling Water -- Ships and Marine Structures -- Biofilm Formation on Medical Devices and Infection: Preventive Approaches -- Hygiene Problems and Food Industry -- Environmental Problems -- Soil and Underground Water Treatment and Bioremediation -- Energy Problems -- Fuel cell -- Bioreactors in Industries and Biofilm -- Fish Reef, Seaweed Bed, and Other Construction Applications -- Contamination and Clean Surface of Materials -- Chemical Cleaning -- Physical Removal of Biofilms -- Antibacterial Effect of Materials and Biofilm -- Immersion Tests -- Artificial Biofilm Formation on Laboratory Scale -- New Evaluation Techniques for Biofilm in Materials Science -- Future Scope.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 579/.17; Materials science; Biofilms; Biomaterials; Microbial ecology; Biomedical engineering; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology; Biofilms; Materials science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Ecological science, the Biosphere; Biomedical engineering; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Materials science; Biofilms; Materials Science; Biomaterials; Microbial Ecology; Biomedical Engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319145655; 3319145657; 3319145649; 9783319145648
• Related ISBNs: 9783319145648
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 14, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.